Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails. Have a formal policy about sending after hours emails. Communicate Clearly in Emails. Is your team emailing after hours?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2017

This year, I was really looking forward to taking a holiday break and not feel stressed about deadlines, tasks, or the never ending parade of meeting requests and emails. My bullet journal also incorporates “looking-ahead” rituals linked to my calendar. Flickr Photo by Real Blades, Creative Common License.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

A bit of pressure can help keep the brain alert and support you in getting focused. Too many of us are up checking emails, responding to text messages, scrolling through social media, and going through our mental checklists before even rolling out of bed. In fact, stress is a natural part of our life and work.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 13, 2015

An unread email. Usually, you’ll decide in a few seconds whether it’s worthy of opening or being cast away in the endless email trash heap. In those few seconds, a flurry of thoughts flash inside your brain: Who is the sender? As a nonprofit marketer, you are on the other side of this great brain fire. It sits there.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 13, 2015

An unread email. Usually, you’ll decide in a few seconds whether it’s worthy of opening or being cast away in the endless email trash heap. In those few seconds, a flurry of thoughts flash inside your brain: Who is the sender? As a nonprofit marketer, you are on the other side of this great brain fire. It sits there.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

When collected in the right event planning software , you can then export this data to your integrated customer relationship management (CRM) software; you can use email marketing sequences for demand gen purposes. Moreover, always host your event with online ticketing and registration, an online event app, and email reminders.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. How Can I Download the Calendar ? What’s in Neon One’s 2024 Nonprofit Calendar? The Neon One 2024 nonprofit calendar highlights U.S.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview (especially new, young big visionaries), please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and leading the idea generation portion of The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 1, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and co-presenting The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop. Show Notes I have three workshops coming up: June 1-22 (starts today!):

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2014

If needed, I schedule and block this time in my calendar. When I take the time (again, usually putting it on my calendar) to sit down to re-examine strategy and goals, it gives me a better gauge to assess my work: Am I doing the tasks that are moving me towards my goals? Putting off strategic planning or long-term goals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and co-presenting The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop. Show Notes I have three workshops coming up: July 9: Jumpstart your Blog!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Things like conversations with coworkers that last longer than they need to, writing the same email over and over instead of using a template, and meetings that don’t start or end on time can steal time from your day that you can never get back. Time-block your week with an online calendar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Can you share some tips about for dealing with the stress that results from using technology, like email. I noticed that when I emailed you, you had an interesting bounce message. If you don’t have clear priorities, your attention is more likely to be hijacked by your email or some other distraction. All tech tools aren’t alike.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Organizing the Calendar. I tend to write my processes out on a piece of paper or occasionally log important or reoccurring tasks in a Google Calendar entry. Our brains, while capable of accomplishing a lot of tasks at the same time, are not too great with knowledge retention in scenarios where multi-tasking is taking place.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? I have used it to help me write appeals, emails, thank you letters, and draft some 1 and 2-page proposals. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

That was the call for blog posts. I received a rich selection covering this topic – from changing mindsets, new tool sets, and lots of tips on how to manage your social media, email, and work flow. Jacobwith, Firestarters, shared some really great tips about using your online calendar and Evernote. Here’s a summary.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Having both of these elements saves on the number of emails you need to respond to, phone calls to answer, or voicemails to return. Notify you via email when someone has completed a volunteer application so you’ll never miss out on someone being interested. Schedule Keep a work calendar and update it so it’s always current.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

The most common signs of employee burnout we’ve seen are: Brain fog that causes forgetfulness of something a person has done before or randomly forgetting to complete tasks. You could say, “That project sounds great, but my calendar is full and I don’t have the ability to commit to that right now.”

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

From filtering email spam to offering up personalized Netflix recommendations, AI already underlies many routine aspects of our lives in ways we don’t even realize. Then, they have to compose personalized emails and letters to them. Artificial intelligence can quickly draft emails to donors and top prospects.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Taking a break from work gives your brain the chance to reset and recharge, and this is essential to avoiding burnout and staying productive all year long. But mark the rest of your days on your calendar at the beginning of the year, just like you mark your campaigns and events. Return emails. That’s right! Here in the U.S.,

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

While it’s not as complicated as brain surgery, there is a healthy dose of “rocket science” involved in creating a written content strategy, but nothing that should stop any good nonprofit marketer or communications professional from soldiering ahead. editorial calendars. content curation. content marketing automation.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Creating a communications calendar with a minimum of 12 touches per year. .’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Third, behave accordingly!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So just be on the lookout for an email from me with all those goodies. And when you are kicking off your fiscal year or your calendar year, set those expectations high so people know what they can do to be helpful. It’s how my brain works. And helping to again, just build a strong culture of philanthropy.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

While it’s not as complicated as brain surgery, there is a healthy dose of “rocket science” involved in creating a written content strategy, but nothing that should stop any good nonprofit marketer or communications professional from soldiering ahead. editorial calendars. content curation. content marketing automation.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Email Communications Honorable Mention: NRDC - National Resource Defense Council Winner: KQED Came up with sassy email newsletter and went against broadcasting best practices. Integrated Fundraising Campaign or Program Honorable Mention: Human Rights Campaign Winner: Defenders of Wildlife Each year, Defenders sends out Calendars.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

It’ll come in an email from me later on today. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. So just be on the lookout for that. . Wish me luck, everybody.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Creating a communications calendar with a minimum of 12 touches per year. .’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Third, behave accordingly!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

It’ll come in an email from me later on today. Thanks, Mother Nature, and thanks, brains, right? So negativity bias can tend to feed into fear, which is another perfectly normal function of your brain. It’s simply your brain doing its job. So just be on the lookout for that. . Wish me luck, everybody.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2008

I developed the information coping skills workshop after observing the "information overload" or "techno stress" reaction to the glut of electronic information coming into email boxes. Some neurons in my brain made me connect back to Shenk's book I attended NDN's New Audiences, New Tools Forum. He said no.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The final months of the calendar year bring out the best in all of us. Plan a special email welcome series for new donors. Don’t let confirmation emails go to waste. Early preparation will also allow you to prepare your core campaign tools, such as: Your donation form Social media calendars Email series.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

specifically recommends finding a CRM solution that can automatically fill out message templates with personal information for both emails and traditional mail. Your nonprofit likely keeps a full event calendar, and sending out a personalized invitation to your recurring donors can be an extra nudge towards encouraging them to attend.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

I remember trying to sell calendars as a public school fundraiser when I was about 8. It might take a minute to get your brain around that idea, that the donor is more important to you and your organization than their donation. Create a Fundraising 101 calendar for the year. That was me. It was HARD! But let that sink in.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. And appeals can be very specific things like your fall appeal, your calendar year-end appeal. So regularly update contact information, email addresses, and telephone numbers. Why do we need it? Hey, grants.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

Just look for an email from me a little later on today with all those goodies. . How do you get them to respond to your emails? We get an introduction, maybe, and then crickets, or maybe they’ll respond to that first email from the connection and then the ghosting begins. Who are the right funders? How do you find them?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

Just look for an email from me a little later on today with all those goodies. . How do you get them to respond to your emails? We get an introduction, maybe, and then crickets, or maybe they’ll respond to that first email from the connection and then the ghosting begins. Who are the right funders? How do you find them?

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Just be on the lookout for an email from me later on today. And in terms of the general information that you should gather, and this could be then built into your grants calendar, general information, and including contact information, it’s very, very critical to have that and how they like to be contacted. Is it phone, e-mail?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You may find, “Wow, we’ve got three tools that could send email.” Maybe we want to, you know, tighten it down and just use one email tool. Everybody needs an email tool. Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Take an inventory of everything you’re using. Everybody needs a database.

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